(February 11, 2003) - The new Nokia N-Gage game deck debuted this month at "Get Ready to N-Gage" events in London, UK and Sydney, Australia. The Nokia N-Gage game deck introduces an innovative wireless multiplayer platform for both local and remote gaming. The Nokia N-Gage game deck allows users to play the latest high quality titles in a new way: multiplayer games connected locally via Bluetooth wireless technology or over-the-air games over mobile networks. Nokia is working with game publishers, including Activision, Eidos, Sega, Taito and THQ, and developers to provide appealing games for the deck.

Besides gaming, the Nokia N-Gage mobile game deck also features a digital music player (MP3/AAC) and stereo FM radio, as well as a tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 mobile phone. N-Gage has a Series 60 platform and Symbian Operating System (OS), XHTML browsing, and Java application support.

The games for Nokia N-Gage game deck are sold separately on game cards (using the MultiMediaCard standard). Game card distribution enables a new kind of mobile gameplay experience with richer graphics, enhanced sound and more extensive game worlds. Nokia will also act as a game publisher to create branded N-Gage game titles and develop an evolving games portfolio.

The Nokia N-Gage game deck is expected to be available in the 4th quarter of 2003, well in time for the holiday shopping season.

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